The father's role in the facilitation of infant mental health

Lamb, Michael E.

doi:10.1002/1097-0355(198023)1:3<140::aid-imhj2280010303>3.0.co;2-4

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“…That is, although neither modeling nor reinforcement from fathers was examined directly, sons' observations of their fathers formed the basis of their perceptions of their fathers' gender-related behavior. As such, we believe these results support previous research findings that highlight the important role of social learning in the gender role development of males (Fagot, 1978; Fagot & Hagan, 1991; Langlois & Downs, 1980; Maccoby & Jacklin, 1974; O'Leary & Donahue, 1978; Ruble, 1984) and add to the empirical literature examining the relationship between paternal gender roles and children's development (Biller, 1971; Lamb, 1980).…”

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confidence: 88%

Masculine gender role conflict and stress in relation to parental attachment and separation.

DeFranc¹,

Mahalik²

2002

Psychology of Men & Masculinity

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In this study, the authors hypothesized that men's own gender role strain and estimates of their fathers' gender role strain, would be associated with less attachment to, and more psychological separation from, their parents. Two hundred four college students completed the Gender-Role Conflict Scale, the Masculine Gender Role Stress Scale, the Parental Attachment Questionnaire, and the Psychological Separation Inventory. Results indicate that (a) men who perceived their fathers as having less gender role conflict and stress, and who viewed themselves with somewhat less gender role conflict, reported closer attachments to both parents and that (b) men who experienced lower levels of gender role conflict and stress, and who perceived their fathers experienced lower levels of gender role stress, reported less psychological separation from both parents. This painful separation process by which many very young boys are shamed into withdrawing from their mothers more than they naturally want to, and then are only partially nurtured by their fathers, is a devastating disruption in a boy's emotional life. It is too often vigorously defended or even celebrated as a natural movement forward for the young boy, and inevitable

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Masculine gender role conflict and stress in relation to parental attachment and separation.

DeFranc¹,

Mahalik²

2002

Psychology of Men & Masculinity

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“…A possible explanation for the effects of paternal anxiety on maternal rearing behaviour is that paternal anxiety makes mothers of anxious children insecure and less effective as parents. Why fathers have these effects on mothers and not vice versa might result from evolutionary and social-cultural differences in the role of men and women in the family (e.g., Bögels & Phares, in press;Lamb, 1980;Paquette, 2004). Fathers' comparative orientation towards exploring the external world may not only give them an advantage in helping children overcome anxiety of the external world, but also in helping mothers overcome their anxieties about what might happen to their children in the external world.…”

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Parental rearing as a function of parent's own, partner's, and child's anxiety status: Fathers make the difference

Bögels

Bamelis

Bruggen

2008

Cognition & Emotion

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Parents of children with anxiety disorders are found to be over controlling and more rejecting in parentÁchild interactions than parents of control children. However, most studies included mothers, and the rearing behaviour of fathers of anxious children is largely unknown. Also, it remains unclear whether parents' control and rejection is a response to child's anxiety, or (also) results from parents' own anxiety. Participants were 121 children referred with anxiety disorders and 38 control children, and their parents. The diagnostic status of all parents was assessed. Each child conducted discussions around issues of disagreement, with father, with mother, and with both parents. Compared to parents of control children, fathers and mothers of clinically anxious children displayed more control to their child, but not more rejection, and fathers supported their partner less. Effect sizes, however, were small. In families of fathers with anxiety disorders, fathers were borderline more controlling and rejecting and mothers more rejecting towards their anxious child than in families of fathers without anxiety disorders. Fathers with anxiety disorders dominated the conversation relative to mothers, which was associated with greater controlling of the child. Effect sizes were medium. Mothers' anxiety status was not associated with different rearing behaviours in both parents. It is concluded that fathers' anxiety status seems to make the difference in raising an anxious child.

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“…In any case, most researchers agree that fathers' involvement is important for men themselves, their children, and their wives (Baruch and Barnett, 1986;Easterbrooks and Goldberg, 1984). Fathers who spend more time caring for their children may influence the development of secure attachment (Palkowitz, 1985), and their children benefit from these improved attachments (Lamb, 1975;Lamb, 1980).…”

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The Correlation Between Father Involvement and The Academic Achievement of Their Children: Meta-Analysis

Lazović¹,

Krulj²,

Vidosavljević³

et al. 2022

IJCRSEE

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Parental involvement is an important factor in students’ achievement, and numerous studies have shown that it increases students’ success. As research on father’s involvement has become one of the current topics in education today, there is a need to separate the effect exercised by fathers from the overall family one. The aim of this study is to synthesize various studies which have focused on different aspects of fathers’ involvement; therefore, a meta-analysis would be an ideal method to create a synthesis of these perspectives and provide one general measure of fathers’ involvement effect. Nine studies have been included in the meta-analysis, where fathers’ involvement has been operationalized through father’s involvement in: education of children at school and at home, psychosocial well-being of children, modelling of behavior and leisure activities. The results show that the total measure of effect size differs from zero after applying the fixed model (z=13.510, p=0.000) and the random effect model (z=4.588, p=0.000), that is, there is a statistically significant positive correlation between the involvement of fathers and the academic success of their children. The value of the heterogeneity test (Q=66.560, df=8, p=.000, I2=87.981) indicates that the overall effect can be viewed according to the assumptions of the random effects model. The conducted meta-analysis has confirmed the assumption that fathers’ involvement is positively related to children’s academic performance.

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The father's role in the facilitation of infant mental health

Cited by 17 publications

References 23 publications

Masculine gender role conflict and stress in relation to parental attachment and separation.

Masculine gender role conflict and stress in relation to parental attachment and separation.

Parental rearing as a function of parent's own, partner's, and child's anxiety status: Fathers make the difference

The Correlation Between Father Involvement and The Academic Achievement of Their Children: Meta-Analysis

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